Finances · updated 2026-08-28

How to record a landfill cost in Dumpster Controls

Landfill is usually the biggest direct cost of a haul, and the app watches for it: completed orders without a landfill cost are flagged "No landfill cost" and marked for review in Orders P&L.

Before you start

  1. Add it as an order cost

    Open the order in the Orders P&L drawer, click "Add Cost", keep the "Cost Type" as landfill, enter the "Amount ($)" you paid the landfill, and optionally the vendor (e.g. City Landfill). Click "Add Cost".

  2. Or log it during an overweight charge

    When you bill an overweight fee through "Charge Extra Fee", the overweight section includes an "Internal landfill cost" field: what you paid the landfill, saved to Expenses and never charged to the customer.

  3. See it in the profit breakdown

    The recorded amount shows up in the drawer's "Costs" section as "Landfill Ticket" (or as a landfill cost row), in the Profit Intelligence card's cost breakdown under "Landfill", and inside the dashboard's Expenses number.

  4. Edit or remove a cost

    In "Order History", expand the order and find the "Operational Costs" card (the same rows appear in the Orders P&L drawer under "Costs"). Each cost has a pencil to edit the amount, description and vendor, and a trash icon to remove it. Removing asks for confirmation. If you recorded a cost on the wrong order, remove it there and add it on the right order with "Add Cost". Available to admins and dispatchers.

What happens next

Troubleshooting

I do not see the pencil or trash icons.

Only admins and dispatchers can change costs. Customer-billed charges (overweight, damage, trip charge) are not costs and are managed from the extra charges list.

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